anebg » unix http://anebg.net 2 geek life, brainstorm, computing! Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:06:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 How to Search Inside files from Ubuntu (Unix) Terminal http://anebg.net/2009/07/07/how-to-search-inside-files-from-ubuntu-unix-terminal/ http://anebg.net/2009/07/07/how-to-search-inside-files-from-ubuntu-unix-terminal/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:28:16 +0000 anebg http://anebg.net/?p=29 'grep' is what your looking for.

Here's the command:

grep -Rs search query /some/directory/*

Also, if the terminal bugs you, you can enclose the search query using double quotes ( and possibly also single quotes)

Good luck!

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